Last week, Samoa News posted this photo on our Facebook page — a government owned truck, license plate #PD-03 — and asked our readers to write out a caption for it, based solely on what they see.
Collection of non-perishable food items for the Love Thy Neighbor efforts to assist the nearly 2,000 StarKist Samoa employees who will be without paychecks for 5 weeks was scheduled to end last Sat
![[Photo: Tipi Autagavaia]](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/eight_col_Malua_Jubilee_church_temple_dedicated_0.JPG?itok=FuuF4OJa "[Photo: Tipi Autagavaia]")
The newly introduced income tax on Samoan church ministers and pastors continues to cause ripples in Samoa.
![[Photo: 123rf / RNZI]](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/eight_col_dengue.jpg?itok=tfX6WhLG "[Photo: 123rf / RNZI]")
Samoa's Ministry of Health says there is an outbreak of dengue fever type two in the country and people need to be vigilant.
![Governor Lolo Matalasi Moliga [SN file photo]](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/GovLolo_0766_11.jpg?itok=zlQinFXM "Governor Lolo Matalasi Moliga [SN file photo]")
Governor Lolo Matalasi Moliga has approved a rise in wharf charges but vetoed hiking the excise tax.
They're among revenue bills sent to the fono for approval in the last session.
[ata: SN]
O se va'aiga i le taimi ua mae'a ai le tufaga lole ma sukalati mo fanau. Faafetai i le Faipule o Amerika Samoa i le Konekeresi Aumua Amata ma pa'aga sa latou fa'asoa mai nei mea mo fanau a le atunu'u. Itiiti pe tele, ae fa'asoa mai pea! [ata: Leua Aiono Frost]
O le vaega lea na asiasi mulimuli atu lava i le taumafaiga a le Faipule o Amerika Samoa Aumua Amata Coleman Radewagen lea sa ia tufatufaina atu ai lole ma sukalati faapea ma nai meaalofa tau penitala, peni, ma isi oloa fa'apena e aoga i a'oga a le fanau matutua teisi o le atunu'u. Matagofie le la'ua siva sa fai. [ata: Leua Aiono Frost]
MASINI FA'AMAMA TOTO - AFUAGA O LE MOTUSIA ONA FA'AAOGA:
Mrs Fialupe Felila Fiaui Lutu ua fa'amaonia lona avea ma Faipule Itumalo Sua #1. [ata: Leua Aiono Frost]
O lo ua mae'a fa'ailoa aloaia mai e le Pule Sili o le Ofisa o Palota a le tatou Malo Uiagalelei Dr.
![Samoa's PM Tuilaepa Sailele Malielegaoi [SN file photo]](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/samoaPM_21.jpg?itok=oHQ6S7q_ "Samoa's PM Tuilaepa Sailele Malielegaoi [SN file photo]")
At the reception to acknowledge the arrival of the Tui-Samoa Cable to the country, Prime Minister Tuilaepa Lupesoliai Dr.
![Pictured L–R standing: New Zealand Police Sergeant Al Campbell, Samoa Police Commissioner Egon Keil, NZ High Commissioner in Samoa HE David Nicholson, Samoa Police K9 Unit officer in charge Senior Sergeant Tavete Tusani. Kneeling: Constable Mozart Milo and Flame. [photo: New Zealand High Commission, Samoa]](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/011117_handover_of_flame_2web.jpg?itok=5o1zU40J "Pictured L–R standing: New Zealand Police Sergeant Al Campbell, Samoa Police Commissioner Egon Keil, NZ High Commissioner in Samoa HE David Nicholson, Samoa Police K9 Unit officer in charge Senior Sergeant Tavete Tusani. Kneeling: Constable Mozart Milo and Flame. [photo: New Zealand High Commission, Samoa]")
‘Flame’ the black Labrador arrived in her new home Samoa on October 18th and has this week begun her new role as a Pacific Detector Dog.
![Fialupe Felila Fiaui Lutu is the “official winner” of the Oct. 24th Special Election. [SN file photo]](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/Fialupe%20Lutu_0921_0.jpg?itok=I-TJNqt0 "Fialupe Felila Fiaui Lutu is the “official winner” of the Oct. 24th Special Election. [SN file photo]")